Techniques for configuring random access transmissions

1. A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a random access configuration message over a wireless channel, the random access configuration message indicating a channel metric and a threshold, wherein the random access configuration message comprises a timing advance;

selecting a reference signal based at least in part on a received configuration message and based at least in part on at least one of the channel metric or the threshold;

determining the channel metric based at least in part on receiving the random access configuration message, wherein determining the channel metric comprises receiving a measurement of the selected reference signal;

selecting a first random access procedure from a plurality of random access procedures based at least in part on the channel metric and the threshold indicated in the random access configuration message, wherein selecting the first random access procedure comprises selecting a two-step random access procedure as the first random access procedure based at least in part on the timing advance; and

establishing a connection with a network device by performing the first random access procedure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal comprises a synchronization signal block (SSB), and wherein the channel metric comprises a reference signal received power (RSRP).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal comprises a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel metric comprises one or more of: a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first random access procedure comprises:

selecting between a two-step random access procedure and a four-step random access procedure based at least in part on comparing the channel metric to the threshold.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

selecting the two-step random access procedure if the channel metric satisfies the threshold.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

selecting the four-step random access procedure if the channel metric fails to satisfy the threshold.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the random access configuration message comprises an indication of the timing advance.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the random access configuration message is received during a connected mode and the timing advance is determined based at least in part on an uplink time.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the reference signal comprises:

identifying the reference signal based at least in part on the random access configuration message, wherein the timing advance is estimated based at least in part on the reference signal.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a random access capability received from the network device; and

determining a cell reselection priority based at least in part on the random access capability.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the random access capability is received in a master information block (MIB) signal and the cell reselection priority is based at least in part on the random access capability indicating a two-step random access procedure.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first random access procedure from the plurality of random access procedures is based at least in part on a quality of a service parameter, the quality of the service parameter indicative of a priority level associated with data transmission between the UE and the network device.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first random access procedure from the plurality of random access procedures is based at least in part on a priority level associated with data to be transmitted from the network device to the UE.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first random access procedure from the plurality of random access procedures is based at least in part on a type of control information to be transmitted between the UE and the network device.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a cell selection or reselection based at least in part on a priority level associated with the first random access procedure, the priority level based at least in part on receiving a random access capability associated with the network device.

17. A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a control message from a network device, the control message specifying for the UE to use a first random access procedure from a plurality of random access procedures to configure a random access message, the plurality of random access procedures comprising a two-step random access procedure and a four-step random access procedure;

identifying a listen before talk (LBT) procedure based at least in part on the first random access procedure specified in the control message and a procedure for which the first random access procedure is used, the procedure comprising a beam failure recovery, a handover completion, a system information, or a combination thereof;

configuring the LBT procedure to be performed prior to transmitting the random access message; and

establishing a connection with the network device by performing the first random access procedure.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the control message comprises one or more or: a paging message, physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) message, media access control (MAC) control element, or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

19. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor,

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a random access configuration message over a wireless channel, the random access configuration message indicating a channel metric and a threshold, wherein the random access configuration message comprises a timing advance;

select a reference signal based at least in part on a received configuration message and based at least in part on at least one of the channel metric or the threshold;

determine the channel metric based at least in part on receiving the random access configuration message, wherein determining the channel metric comprises receiving a measurement of the selected reference signal;

select a first random access procedure from a plurality of random access procedures based at least in part on the channel metric and the threshold indicated in the random access configuration message, wherein selecting the first random access procedure comprises selecting a two-step random access procedure as the first random access procedure based at least in part on the timing advance; and

establish a connection with a network device by performing the first random access procedure.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the reference signal comprises one or more of: a synchronization signal block (SSB) or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and wherein the channel metric comprises one or more of: a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR).

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the instructions to select the first random access procedure are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

select between a two-step random access procedure and a four-step random access procedure based at least in part on comparing the channel metric to the threshold;

select the two-step random access procedure if the channel metric satisfies the threshold; and

select the four-step random access procedure if the channel metric fails to satisfy the threshold.

22. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the random access configuration message comprises an indication of the timing advance.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a random access capability received from the network device; and

determine a cell reselection priority based at least in part on the random access capability,

wherein the random access capability is received in a master information block (MIB) signal and the cell reselection priority is based at least in part on the random access capability indicating a two-step random access procedure.

24. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor,

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive a control message from a network device, the control message specifying for the UE to use a first random access procedure from a plurality of random access procedures to configure a random access message, the plurality of random access procedures comprising a two-step random access procedure and a four-step random access procedure;

identify a listen before talk (LBT) procedure based at least in part on the first random access procedure specified in the control message and a procedure for which the first random access procedure is used, the procedure comprising a beam failure recovery, a handover completion, a system information, or a combination thereof;

configure the LBT procedure to be performed prior to transmitting the random access message; and

establish a connection with the network device by performing the first random access procedure.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the control message comprises one or more or: comprises a paging message, physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) message, media access control (MAC) control element, or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

26. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the LBT procedure is configured based at least in part on a priority associated with the first random access procedure.